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France Approves Under-15 Social Media Ban Starting September

7/21/2026

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France's Parliament reconciliation committee approved a bill banning social-media for anyone under 15.
President Emmanuel Macron said the ban should start at the beginning of the school year in early September.
The proposal would make France the second nation to bar under-15 users, matching Australia's under-16 ban enacted in December.
It targets major platforms such as Meta's Facebook, Snap's Snapchat, ByteDance's TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube.

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France's Parliament reconciliation committee approved a bill banning social-media for anyone under 15.
President Emmanuel Macron said the ban should start at the beginning of the school year in early September.
The proposal would make France the second nation to bar under-15 users, matching Australia's under-16 ban enacted in December.
It targets major platforms such as Meta's Facebook, Snap's Snapchat, ByteDance's TikTok and Alphabet's YouTube.